Predicting and detecting reciprocity between indirect ecological interactions and evolution

American Naturalist

Volumn 181, Issue SUPPL., 2013, Pages

  Estes, James A ^a   Brashares, Justin S ^b   Power, Mary E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOOD WEB; MUTUALISM; PREDICTION; RECIPROCITY; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; FORECASTING; METHODOLOGY; RIVER; SYMBIOSIS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; FORECASTING; RIVERS; SYMBIOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876369995     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668120     Document Type: Article

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